loss

Stand Still

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Condolence & Loss Death
The loss is not yours alone, she said & you will see it in their eyes when they do not think you are watching. How long does it take? I said & she put her hand on my chest & we did not speak.

Smaller World

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Condolence & Loss
I know he’s not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.

Innocence

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Personal Growth
really wanting to work up to 3 dimensions, but not sure it’ll be as fun as everyone says. It’s hard to trust anyone who’s already doing it, he said. They never remember what they lost to get there.

Butterflies

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Condolence & Loss Death
He told me that the night his mother died, there were storms & far away there was purple lightning & someone left the window open & the room filled with a swirl of butterflies & she slipped out quietly without anyone noticing & I’m sure the grief was softer because of that.